Rewrite the myth and become the Taoist!

Chapter 113: Success in Qi Training, Cloud and Mist Red Dust Fairy
"This time, he actually awakened his wisdom at the age of sixteen..."

"It's a little late."

Ning Xunqiu thought to himself.

"However, this 'Wanhua Realm' is actually a world of immortal cultivation. I don't know what kind of precious treasures can be found in this world."

He looked forward to it and continued to look at the Tianyan Book of Life.

[Li Yanzhi built a wooden house on a small hill. There was an old tree with withered vines. Not far away was a waterfall with the sound of rushing water.]

[Li Yanzhi was overjoyed. He sat cross-legged on a large bluestone next to the waterfall every day to comprehend the "Blue Sky Great Sun Burning Qi Sutra". This method seemed to be created for him. He felt familiar with it and quickly got into it.]

[Tao gave birth to one, one gave birth to two, two gave birth to three, and three gave birth to all things. Li Yanzhi felt his spirit growing every day. Although his strength did not increase, his mind became clearer. He knew he was not dreaming, so he practiced more attentively.]

[When Li Yanzhi was thirsty, he drank mountain spring water to quench his thirst. When he was hungry, he caught pheasants and rabbits to fill his stomach. He felt that practicing Buddhism was a great joy.]

[This continued for three days.]

[Li Yanzhi's best friend and mother came to look for him. At this time, Li Yanzhi was sitting cross-legged on a large bluestone, his eyes slightly closed, his hands in a mudra under his navel, his hair disheveled, his breathing weak, like a dead person.]

[The mother felt distressed when she saw her son like this. She stepped forward and carefully sniffed his breath, saying, "Son, are you okay? Without Murong Qin, I will find you a better wife. It's dark and windy in the mountains at night, with wild beasts roaming around. It's very dangerous. You should come home with me."]

[Li Yanzhi woke up from his meditation upon hearing the voice, exhaled a long breath, looked at his worried mother, and consoled her: "Mother, I am fine, I just had an epiphany. I have already entered the Dao, and the wild beasts in the mountains cannot hurt me."]

[Hearing this, the mother mistakenly thought that Li Yanzhi had lost consciousness due to the blow, and she couldn't help but cover her face and sob.]

[Li Yanzhi thought for a moment and said gently: "Mother, if you miss me, you can come to the mountain to visit me anytime."]

Ji Siyuan was an elegant scholar. He advised: "Brother Yanzhi, didn't you have lofty ambitions in the past to conquer the world with a sword in hand, become a noble and a prime minister, and leave your name in history, so that your life would not be in vain?"

[“Brother Ji, hahahaha.” Li Yanzhi waved his hands and laughed, “That’s just drunken nonsense, how can you take it seriously? I don’t really have much interest in fame, wealth and fortune.”]

[The rest of his friends tried to persuade him, but Li Yanzhi remained unmoved.]

[Li Yanzhi stopped everyone with another sentence: "I am not trying to cut off my ties to worldly affairs, but the quietness of the mountains is good for cultivation. If you are interested, bring some wine here, and I welcome you."]

[Everyone shook their heads and sighed, and left one by one.]

[Soon after, the Li family expelled Li Yanzhi from the family, and the mountain became deserted, with only Ji Siyuan and his mother occasionally visiting with some gifts.]

[After several attempts to persuade him to no avail, they allowed Li Yanzhi to continue his practice of Taoism on the mountain.]

[Spring goes and autumn comes, Li Yanzhi can no longer hear the ridicule from the people below the mountain, nor does he care. He has been practicing in the mountain for seven years, and finally refined his own "worldly energy" to open up seven orifices, build two orifices of heaven and earth, and his primordial spirit opened up the spiritual orifice of heaven and earth. ]

[Ji Siyuan has become a county magistrate. He brought wine to complain that he had been an official for several years and it was hard to be a good official. He envied Li Yanzhi's life and thought that when he retired in his old age, he would also come to this mountain to practice Taoism.]

【Li Yanzhi smiled but said nothing.】

[Ji Siyuan didn't know that Li Yanzhi had become a "cultivator", and left in a hurry the next day. ] [After that, Ji Siyuan came less and less frequently. Ten years later, Li Yanzhi occasionally heard from his mother that Ji Siyuan was appreciated by the higher-ups, rose rapidly in career, and was promoted to the third rank.]

[Li Yanzhi was obsessed with spiritual practice and personally planted jujube trees to observe the mysteries of the world.]

【There is no time in the mountains. 】

[At the age of fifty, Li Yanzhi observed the withering and flourishing of plants and trees, and realized the secret of the Five Elements Magic from it, and successfully condensed the "Magic Seed". In one day, he suddenly realized the secret of heaven, and his Taoism advanced by leaps and bounds, reaching the level of 500 years of Taoism, and truly entered the realm of "successful Qi training". ]

[However, Li Yanzhi still had doubts about his own strength in this world. After all, he was just a beginner in the path of Taoism, a novice who had just "refined essence into qi". Therefore, he felt that he still had a lot of room for improvement and was not in a hurry to go down the mountain and travel around the world. ]

[The following year, someone came to the mountain to report that his mother was seriously ill and would not live long. Upon hearing this, Li Yanzhi sacrificed ten years of his cultivation and used his own life-defining magic to extract the essence of the mountain and condense a date that contained spiritual power.]

【Then he went down the mountain.】

[On the bed, the mother was dying, but still holding on to her last breath. She held Li Yanzhi's hand and said incoherently: "Son, it's been more than 30 years. It's time for you to wake up. It's not too late to start a family and build a career. Don't always think about... think about those illusory things... From now on, you will be alone... you must... take good care of yourself..."]

[“Mother, stop talking and take this magical date first.” Li Yanzhi interrupted his mother and passed the magical date to her mouth.]

[Mother swallowed the magical dates in a daze. The dates melted in her mouth, and her white hair turned black at a speed visible to the naked eye. Dead skin fell off, and she seemed to be 30 years younger. She panted, looked down at her white palms, and was stunned for a moment.]

[“Mother, come, walk down the field.” Li Yanzhi helped his mother stand up and said with a smile, “This magical date is the essence of heaven and earth. It can keep you healthy and free from disasters, and let you live a long and peaceful life.”]

[The mother was stunned. Li Yanzhi helped her get off the ground with brisk steps. She grabbed Li Yanzhi's hand and said, "Child, you have become an immortal?!"]

【Li Yanzhi shook his head.】

[Refine essence into qi, refine qi into spirit, refine spirit into emptiness, refine emptiness into the Dao. The "Blue Sky Great Sun Burning Qi Sutra" is incomplete, and only contains the practice method of "Refine Essence into Qi". He has cultivated to this point and perfected the method himself. ]

[After that day, although my mother kept her mouth shut, some people from the Bingzhou noble families guessed the reason and flocked to that inconspicuous hilltop to visit Li Yanzhi and ask for the longevity item.]

[This magical date cost Li Yanzhi ten years of cultivation. He has a calm mind and is not entangled in karma. He has no concerns about the mundane world. He is even more unwilling to pay any attention to those who come to him to ask for medicine.]

[After beating and killing several thieves who tried to steal medicine from the mountains, Li Yanzhi was so annoyed that he devoted himself to research for several years and used trees to create a "cloud and fog array." ]

[Since then, the hill has been shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, like a fairyland. Once ordinary people step into the mist, it is like entering a maze, unable to tell east, west, south, and north. Often, they will end up back at the starting point after walking for a while.]

【A mountain is not high, but it is magical if there are immortals. 】

[As time went by, no one had ever seen the immortal in Yunwu Mountain. Over time, he became a legend among the people.]

[Ten years later, Ji Siyuan, who was once the prime minister, retired and returned to his hometown. He was very old now, and only had a boy with him. He wanted to visit his friends, but when he saw Yunwu Mountain, he didn't know how to climb it.]

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(End of this chapter)